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]]>Brian Fritz brings on ‘Cowboy” James Storm to discuss Slammiversary XV, being a TNA original, having Jeff Jarrett back in an executive role with the company, the change to GFW, his role backstage, working a few shows with NXT, being called a tag team specialist, and the DCC storyline and his plans for it.

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]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2017/07/21/james-storm-slammiversary-tna-early-days-dcc-angle-gfw/feed/0Wrestling Roundup with Michael Wisemanhttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2016/06/29/wrestling-roundup-michael-wiseman/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2016/06/29/wrestling-roundup-michael-wiseman/#respondWed, 29 Jun 2016 15:24:24 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=22555Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman talk about the recent show including NXT TakeOver and TNA Slammiversary along with all the financial issues swirling around TNA Wrestling. Then they discuss Raw, the upcoming brand split and preview this Sunday’s Money in the Bank. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation ...

]]>Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman talk about the recent show including NXT TakeOver and TNA Slammiversary along with all the financial issues swirling around TNA Wrestling. Then they discuss Raw, the upcoming brand split and preview this Sunday’s Money in the Bank.

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]]>Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman discuss Brock Lesnar going back to UFC to face Mark Hunt at UFC 200 and the possible fallout from that fight. Plus, they talk Raw from Monday night, NXT TakeOver: The End, TNA Wrestling Slammiversary, the angle between Matt and Jeff Hardy and Bill Goldberg in the upcoming WWE 2K17 game.

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It’s a two-part Between The Ropes podcast! First, a conversation with WWE Tough Enough contestant Alex Frekey as he talks about being eliminated from the show, his “knowledge means nothing” comment, trying to swim in a lake with a gator and snakes, if Patrick and Dianna are really disliked by the others, being in the movie John Wick which starred Keanu Reeves and more.

Then, we move over to Scott Fishman — contributor with the Miami Herald and Channel Guide Magazine — as we discuss TNA Slammiversary, what is going on with the company, the comments he receives on Twitter when he says something positive about TNA, WWE Tough Enough, the low Raw rating, what is missing in WWE right now, the Saturday show on the WWE Network from Tokyo and more.

Galloway gets the advantage over MVP, so he tags Low Ki in and Ki gets more of the same. Ki gets caught in the Rising’s corner, but is able to tag out to Kenny King in short order and the BDC traps Micah in their corner and work him over 4-on-1. Ki hits a climbing kick and knocks Micah out with a kick and covers to eliminate him. The Rising is still in trouble as Galloway is on the receiving end of a beating from Low Ki. Galloway hits a back body drop and tags in Eli Drake, and he takes MVP out with a flying clothesline and a Russian legsweep. Drake clotheslines MVP to the floor, superplexes King off the top rope, then takes MVP out with a dive over the top. Drake looks to have hurt his ankle on that move, but he manages to roll MVP back inside then goes back down. The referee checks on Drake and throws up the X, and the BDC is looking pretty happy as Drake is helped out by backstage officials, and Christy announces that he has been eliminated due to an injury default.

Hernandez tags in to go at it with Drew, who has a serious uphill battle here, and he makes the ill-advised decision to go toe to toe with Hernandez. Hernandez tags King in to unload on Galloway. Ki tags in and misses a Tidal Krush, knocking Ki out, and Galloway rolls Ki up with a schoolboy to eliminate him. Galloway quickly covers King and pins him as well. Ki drags Galloway to the floor and attacks him, but Galloway gives Ki a shoulderbreaker onto the steps and gets back inside to go at it with Hernandez. MVP gets a cheapshot from the floor and Hernandez hits the Border Toss, then MVP tags in and hits his finish, but instead of going for the finish he yells at Galloway to stay down. Gallowau climbs up MVP to his feet and slaps MVP in the face, but MVP shoves him down and hits the Driveby for the win.

Winner: The Beat Down Clan

James Storm, Mickie James and Magnus In-Ring Promo:

Magnus says he feels bad that James Storm’s mommy didn’t love him, that he felt the need to go after his family, and that a man in jeopardy is the most dangerous type of man. Storm tried to attack Mickie, but he just made them stronger, and he introduces Mickie James, who is apparently perfectly healthy after getting shoved on the tracks and run over by a train. Mickie thanks the fans for their encouragement and all the support the last few weeks, but more importantly, she needs to thank Magnus for standing by her and believing in her, and even though she should have listened to her from the beginning, he didn’t rub it in her face because real love is standing by the person you love no matter what. It’s not manipulating them and tricking them into believing they’re someone or something they’re not.

Storm’s music hits and he comes out to the ring as James tells him to bring his coward ass out here. Storm comes out with Khoya and says the fans can boo all they want because it’s great to see Mickie moving around, and she shouldn’t be thanking that idiot, she should thank him because if he had pushed her a little harder, she’d be holding her son from a wheelchair and unable to pick her up when he takes his first steps. Storm never wanted her in the Revolution, he just wanted to show how easy it is to manipulate a woman because he can have any woman he wants in the Revolution, where there’s always room for one more. Mickie says Storm wishes he was half the man Magnus is, but Storm is trying to make up for everything he’s missing in life with these pathetic followers, and if Storm says he can find one woman to join the Revolution, she’ll take thaht bet because he made her promise the fans one more match, and if Storm can find that one woman, she’ll face her because she and Magnus will face Storm and whoever he’s got in the ring.

Second Match: Iron Man Match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
The Dirty Heels vs. The Wolves

Aroes and Richards start off and Aries gets a few near falls on Davey, but can’t put him away. Roode tags in and is quickly caught in the wrong corner, as the Wolves tag in and out on Roode and double team him. Aries tags in and gets a few shots in on Edwards and traps him in the Dirty Heels’ corner. Aries hits a side suplex for two count, but Eddie manages to tag out to Davey, who cleans house and now it’s Aries’ turn in peril. The Wolves send Roode out to the floor and Davey connects with a running kick across the apron, but Aries catches Eddie coming back in and goes for a brainbuster. Eddie reverses to a snap suplex and now Davey and Roode are in and Davey gets Roode in the Trailer Hitch. Roode gets out and gets a blind tag to Aries, who gouges Eddie’s eyes and hits a Russian legsweep for two count. Now Eddie is in peril for several minutes, and the Dirty Heels are in control as we hit the 10 minute mark. Eddie finally catches both of the Dirty Heels with a double Frankensteiner and tags Davey in, and he goes nuts cleaning house on both Aries and Roode. Eddie drills Roode with a flying knee out of nowhere, hangs him in the Tree of Woe, and Davey comes off the top with a coast to coast for two count. The Wolves go up top for a double double stomp, but Aries shoves Davey off the top and Roode knocks Eddie off the top rope.

Davey Richards is in trouble as Aries and Roode hit a missile dropkick/powerbomb combo for two count. Davey counters a double team with a forearm that sends Aries to the floor and double stomps Roode’s chest. Davey fights away from Roode and makes the the hot tag to Eddie, who takes Aries out with a dive to the floor and then hits a missile dropkick to Roode. Edwards with a backpack driver to Roode for a very close two count, Aries nails Eddie from behind and they try a double suplex, but Davey saves his partner and the Wolves hit the German suplex/jackknife rollup combo for two count. Aries clotheslines Davey and slingshots over the top rope with an elbow to Eddie, and Roode gets a deep cover but only gets two count. We’ve got about six minutes left as Roode hits a gourdbuster and Aries slingshots in with a senton and goes right into the Last Chancery. Roode blocks Davey from getting close enough to break that up, but Davey gets away and double stomps Aries to stop the submission hold. Wolves hit the assisted Alarm Clock to Aries, Davey boots Roode off the apron, then both Wolves come off the top with double stomps to Aries and Eddie covers, but Roode breaks it up at two count as we get down to the last five minutes.

Aries gets a Frankensteiner on Eddiem Roode clotheslines him, Aries hits the IED, Roode hits a spinebuster, and Aries comes off the top with the 450 splash for the first fall. Aries quickly goes for several covers, but can’t stick Eddie again, so they dump Eddie to the floor and put it in the deep freeze, dumping the Wolves to the floor and blocking them from getting back in before the clock expires. Roode holds the Wolves on the floor so Aries can take them out with the heat seeking missile, and we have all of about two minutes left as the Wolves will be hard pressed to come back at this point. Aries goes for mounted punched in the corner on Eddie, but he powerbombs Aries onto Davey’s knees for a lungblower and covers Aries to tie it up with a minute left. Roode comes in and nails Eddie with one of the title belts and Aries covers him, but Eddie is out at two count. Roode tags in and knocks Davey off the apron, then he goes for the Roode Bomb on Eddie and gets rolled up and pinned with less than ten seconds left. Roode quickly goes for the Crippler Crossface, but Eddie survives until the clock runs out.

Taryn attacks Brooke and Kong shoves her right into Taryn. Brooke tosses Terrell by her hair, and Kong charges into Taryn. Brooke smashes a facebuster! Taryn tries a clothesline as both ladies take her down with ease. Terrell rolls out as Kong wraps Brooke to choke her down. Brooke stands up and Kong swings her around by her neck! Taryn takes control to slam the dropkick into Kong, but Brooke hits a running dropkick into the Champ. Terrell answers with a clothesline, then rubs Brooke’s face into the mat. Cover gets two. The choke and a shove to the mat, only gets two. Taryn snap suplexes Brooke and Awesome Kong enters, Taryn pokes her eye, Kong misses a strike and shoves her to the ropes, goozle and chokeslam! The Dollhouse drag Kong outside and Brooke beats on Taryn! Brooke is sent to the ropes and comes off with a spear! Brooke climbs up top but Jade cuts her off! Marti kicks her off the top sending Brooke to the floor! Awesome Kong reenters and stalks her prey off the ropes but Jade hits a snap on the top rope as Taryn lands the Cutter.

Winner: Still TNA Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell

Jeff Jarrett Interview:

Jarrett talks about GFW, the surreal moment when he returned to the Impact Zone, and winning the King of the Mountain at Slammiversary. As for the future? “I can tell you with 100 percent guarantee, there is a future between Global Force and TNA, and things are going to get interesting. Very interesting.”

Carter goes to a side headlock and takes Angle down to the mat. Angle easily escapes but gets taken down with a shoulderblock. Angle goes to EC3’s arm and pops the challenger over with a series of suplexes, then dumps EC3 to the floor when he goes to the ropes for a break. Angle goes out after Carter and goes for another suplex on the floor, EC3 gets out but Angle hits the suplex on the second attempt as Tyrus stalks menacingly behind him. They og back in and Angle covers but Carter is out before even a one count, so Angle goes back to the rolling German suplexes. Carter to the ropes again and clotheslines Angle on the break. Carter covers for two, then unloads on the champ with right hands. Carter with a back suplex of his own, then he howls and hits a Stinger splash and waits for Angle to get to his feet before hitting a TKO for two count. Angle reverses a corner whip and tries a charge, but EC3 moves and Angle rams shoudler first into the post.

Angle falls out to the apron, and EC3 follows him out and his a DDT on the apronEC3 is still in control for all of about ten seconds before Angle takes him out with a clothesline. Angle goes back again to the rolling German suplexes, then he goes for the Angle slam, EC3 gets out, so Angle hits german suplex.. Angle covers for two count, picks EC3 back up, EC3 hits a jawbreaker but misses another Stinger splash and Angle hits the Angle slam for two count. Angle goes to the anklelock, EC3 rolls through and sends Angle to the floor by Tyrus’ feet, and Tyrus takes him out with a clothesline. Angle picks himself up and rolls into the ring, EC3 goes for the 1%, but Angle blocks and gets an anklelock. EC3 gets out again but Angle hits more german suplexs. Tyrus gets on the apron, Angle shoves EC3 into Tyrus and knocks him to the floor, then hits another Angle slam for two count.

Angle goes to the anklelock again, EC3 rolls out, Angle gets to his feet and suplexes EC3 right into the referee and knocks him out. Tyrus comes in the ring, nails Angle, and hits the Bodybag before quickly rolling out to the floor. EC3 is up and wakes the referee up, then waits for Angle to get to his feet and hits the 1%, but Angle kicks out at two count. EC3 is in shock, and Tyrus get on the apron with a chair and is ejected by the referee. Two more officials come out to escort Tyrus out, and EC3 is losing it in the ring as his bodyguard is led out of the building. Angle slowly gets to his feet, so Carter goes for another 1%, Angle backdrops out and goes to the anklelock and grapevines Carter’s leg to keep him from crawling away. Angle has Carter trapped in the middle of the ring, and EC3 chews on his own elbowpad to avoid tapping out. EC3 fights and fights, Angle drags him back to the middle of the ring and gets kicked off, so he waits for Carter to get to his feet and goes for another Angle slam, but Carter reverses to a sunset flip and pins Angle for the title.

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/07/01/tna-impact-wrestling-results-july-1-2015/feed/0WWE Raw Review 6/29/2015, TNA Slammiversary 2015http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/06/30/wwe-raw-review-6292015-tna-slammiversary-2015/
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It’s the latest Between the Ropes show as Brian and Michael break down what’s been an interesting week in wrestling. They talk about Jeff Jarrett and his newsworthy deal with Impact Wrestling (and how that might affect Global Force Wrestling), what they thought about TNA Slammiversary 2015, and more. Plus, a look at WWE RAW and a fantastic match between Cesaro and John Cena, and early thoughts on the WWE Network Special “Beast From the East.”

Uno cleared the ring early and went for a big dive until Manik cut him off. Uno fought back and again looked for a dive, and was cut off this time by DJ Z. The third time was the charm as he finally hit a dive onto both of his opponents. Manik took control and got the heat on Uno with a back breaker, and then worked some of his submission game before dropkicking DJ Z back to the floor. Manik remained in control, as they kept DJ Z on the floor. Manik hit the multiple suplexes on Uno, and DJ Z eventually got back into the match and ran wild for a bit. Manik again countered a DDT and then we got rapid fire moves, leading to all three men being down. DJ Z then cleared the ring as they got to their feet, and then hit a big dive onto Uno as he overshot Manik.

DJ Z and Uno battled back into the ring, but Uno knocked him off the ropes and then Manik arrived and got sent to the mat. DJ Z crotched Uno and then they did a tower of doom and Manik got a near fall on DJ Z. DJ Z then hit a top rope hurricanrana on Manik, also landing on Uno and got a near fall from that. Uno then almost dropped DJ Z and hit a DVD variation to the buckles. He then hit a split legged moonsault to eliminate DJ Z Manik then misses a springboard dropkick, allowing Uno to get a near fall. Uno would miss a top rope leg drop, Manik went for a top rope splash and Uno turned it into a roll up for two count. Manik hit a lung blower, headed up top and connected with the frog splash for two count. He was not pleased with the ref’s count there. Uno countered the tiger suplex, hit a German into the corner and then hit what is best described as a sloppy split legged leg drop on Manik for the win.

Winner: Still TNA X Division Champion Tigre Uno

Second Match: Robbie E vs. Jessie Godderz

Godderz says he was stuck with Robbie. Jessie goes on and Robbie’s music hits to interrupt. They go at it on the floor and Robbie works him over against the barrier before rolling him in the ring. Robbie follows and we get the bell.Robbie unloads to start the match and goes for a few early pin attempts. Jessie tries to fight back but Robbie dumps him to the floor. Robbie follows with a splash but goes back in the ring. He goes back to get Jessie but gets thrown into the steps. Jessie with a big slam on the floor. Jessie goes back in the ring as the referee counts. Robbie makes it back in but Jessie stomps away. Jessie unloads with forearms. Jessie with more shots to the face and a two count. Jessie keeps Robbie grounded now. Jessie keeps control and goes for a pin attempt. Jessie with a dropkick.

Jessie shows off and talks trash to the crowd as they chant “you suck” at him. Jessie with a backbreaker and a two count. Jessie with a bear hug now. Robbie makes a comeback and hits a big crossbody from the corner. They trade shots in the middle of the ring. Robbie gets the upperhand and slams Jessie on his face. Robbie with a big DDT for a two count. Jessie counters and goes for the powerbomb but Robbie fights it. Jessie powerbombs him into the turnbuckle. Jessie runs into an elbow. They collide with clotheslines. Jessie nails a big clothesline when they get up. Jessie with more offense and a two count. Jessie locks in the Adonis Lock but Robbie makes it to the bottom rope. Robbie counters a move and hits an inverted DDT for the win.

Winner: Robbie E

Matt Hardy Backstage Promo:

He said that he’s lucky enough to be remembered one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time but this gives him a chance to show he’s one of the best singles matches of all time. He promises to become the King of the Mountain tonight.

Third Match: Matt Morgan vs. Bram

Morgan says that it felt good to be back home. Morgan made this a street fight. Morgan controlled early, and they worked to the floor. Bram crawled under the ring and got his turnbuckle and nailed Morgan with it. This led to Bram tossing some of the hardcore toys into the ring and then used the trashcans on the floor to beat Morgan down. They went back into the ring, and Morgan fired up immediately and then looked for a chokeslam but Bram escaped. He hit the carbon footprint to Bram, who was holding a trashcan and sent him to the floor. Bram would then stun Morgan off the ropes and then looked for something under the ring as Morgan awkwardly sold for a long time. Bram returned to the ring with nothing, and then grabbed a chair. Nope, he went back to the floor and looked again. This felt like it lasted forever, so he grabbed another chair. Morgan fought back and hit a chokeslam onto a chair for two count. Bram hit a low blow and the brighter side of suffering onto a chair for the win.

Winner: Bram

Fourth Match: Austin Aries vs. Davey Richards

Aries goes back to the floor to slow down Davey’s momentum. He comes back in and take control briefly. Richards has some words but Aries drops him. Aries misses the pendulum elbow and goes back to the floor for another breather. More back and forth in the ring now. They run the ropes and Richards hits a big dropkick that sends Aries out. Davey looks to be going for a suicide dive but Aries runs out of the way. Davey follows and brings him back to ringside. Davey sends Aries’ shoulder into the steel steps and works him over before bringing it back in the ring. Aries goes right back to the floor but Davey follows. Davey unloads on Aries on the floor. Richards brings it back in the ring and goes to the top but Aries crotches him. Aries sends Davey out to the floor and nails him coming off the top. Aries with offense on the floor before bringing it back in. Aries ends up hitting the big elbow but Richards kicks out at just one count. Richards tries to fight out of a corner but Aries slams him and drops an elbow to the back of the neck for another two count. Lots more back and forth. Richards takes control and gets a close two count.

Aries starts looking around for a tag and calling for Bobby Roode. Richards with a big kick and a German suplex for a two count. Aries turns it around and sends Davey to the floor, following it up with a big dive into the barrier. They bring it back in and Davey stops the corner dropkick. Aries counters a move and gets Last Chancery locked in. Davey makes it to the bottom rope. Richards blocks a brainbuster. Richards goes to mount offense but Aries nails the corner dropkick and the brainbuster for another two count. They trade shots from their knees and make it to their feet. Richards with kicks and a big boot in the corner. Richards with a t-bone suplex. Richards with the double stomp from the top for a close two count. Booby Roode runs down and gets on the apron. Eddie Edwards runs down, pulls him off and drops him. Aries takes advantage of the distraction and rolls Richards up for the win. After the match, The Dirty Heels celebrate together. Aries takes the mic and says he loves when a plan comes together. He says he out-classed and out-wrestled Davey tonight. He announces that the stipulation for their title match on Impact Wrestling will be a 30-Minute Tag Team Iron Man match.

Winner: Austin Aries

Fifth Match: The Dollhouse vs. Awesome Kong & Brooke Tessmacher

Taryn says she’s the greatest Knockouts Champion ever and how The Dollhouse is the hottest group of women in wrestling. She disses her opponents and says they won’t be taking her title on Impact because The Dollhouse has the advantage. Brooke Tessmacher is out next followed by her partner Awesome Kong. Taryn starts off jumping on Kong’s back. Everyone gets involved but Kong dominates. It settles down to Kong and Jade going at it with Kong in control. Kong splashing Jade and Marti as Taryn yells from the corner. Brooke comes in with offense but the numbers game turns it around in the corner. Marti slams Brooke’s face into the mat a few times. Marti with a two count.

Jade comes in with a big suplex before applying a bear hug. Brooke breaks it and goes for a tag to Kong but Jade catches her in another bear hug. Brooke finally tags Kong but Marti had the referee distracted and he didn’t see the tag. Kong is ordered out. Kong argues with the referee as all three opponents stomp on Brooke. More back and forth as Kong finally comes in. She fights Jade and Marti off with a double clothesline. Brooke tags back in with a double clothesline off the top. Kong grabs Taryn to pull her into the ring but Marti makes the save, knocking Taryn to the floor. Kong chokeslams Marti. Brooke climbs up with Jade and slams her with the Butterface Maker for the win.

Winner: Awesome Kong & Brooke Tessmacher

Sixth Match: Unsactioned Match
Magnus vs. James Storm

They brawled into the crowd and Storm countered a powerbomb and backdropped Magnus through a table full of snacks and such. Storm yelled at Mathews at one point because he said he went too far, and then spit on him. Magnus introduced a table after that, but Storm tuned the tide with the low blow. Magnus kicked Storm down and did the catapult so that Storm ate the table on the way up. They brawled through the crowd and then into the back as Earl Hebner repeatedly warned then to get away from the area. Magnus powerbombed Storm through a table in the ring. Storm then fought back and set up a table on the floor. He laid Magnus on the table and drank some beer. His argument with Earl Hebner allowed Magnus to fight back and he laid Storm on the table.

Magnus then missed the top rope elbow from the ring to the table on the floor. Storm took Magnus back to the ring and covered for two count. Storm busted out some powder from hi trunks and Magnus then slapped it into his face, but it also blinded the ref. Magnus got the phantom pin, but as Magnus checked on the ref, Storm hit the superkick for a close two count. Storm failed with the cowbell shot, and Magnus hit a uranage for two count. Storm then used the cowbell and two superkicks and Magnus still kicked out. Storm then got a piece of the guardrail and chairs; making a bridge with them. Magnus ended up superplexing Storm onto the guardrail bridge and only got two count. They both got beer bottles and hit each other at the same time, they then collapsed to the mat and Storm fell onto Magnus and picked up the win.

Lashley tangles with EC3 for a second but Ethan stalls. Anderson comes back in and they lock up with Anderson taking him down. Lashley comes back in and works Ethan over in the corner. Lashley ends up hitting a suplex and Tyrus grabs him while the referee isn’t looking. Tyrus slams him and Ethan takes over while Tyrus tags in. Tyrus decks Lashley and slams him for a splash and a two count. Tyrus keeps control and hits a big splash in the corner. Ethan tags back in but misses a splash i the corner. Anderson tags back in and unloads on Ethan. Anderson nails a neckbreaker.

Anderson with the Green Bay Plunge but Tyrus breaks it up. Ethan ends up going for a two count that Lashley breaks up. Lashley finally gets a hot tag and unloads on Ethan with throws. Lashley hits the powerslam for a two count. Anderson and Lashley take turns knocking Tyrus around. Ethan gets dropped and rolls to the apron. Tyrus gets taken down with a double shoulder tackle. Tyrus goes on and counters, taking Lashley and Anderson out at the same time. They go on and the end comes when EC3 hits his finisher on Lashley for the win.

Winner: Ethan Carter III & Tyrus

Eight Match: King of the Mountain Match for the Inaugural King of the Mountain Championship
Jeff Jarrett vs. Matt Hardy vs. Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode vs. Drew Galloway

Hardy and Roode go to the floor as do Young and Galloway. Jarrett is left alone in the ring. Hardy keeps control of Roode. Young grabs a ladder as Roode brings Hardy in the ring. Young bridges the ladder from the apron to the barrier but Galloway decks him. Jarrett unloads on Roode and backdrops him. Jarrett works over Young in the ring now and backdrops him. Jarrett keeps control of EY. Jarrett does the strut but Roode rolls him up for a three count. Roode is now eligible for the title and Jarrett must spent two minutes in the penalty box. Roode brings a ladder in and gets the title from the referee to hang it. Hardy stop him and the belt goes back to the referee. Hardy and Roode go at it now. Hardy with the Side Effect for a close two count. Galloway comes in and dropkicks Hardy. Roode with a spinebuster on Galloway. Hardy and Roode collide with clotheslines. Jarrett is let out of the box but Young attacks from behind and whips him back into the penalty cage. Young with a three count on the floor and Jarrett has to go back in the box. Young is now eligible. He goes in and gets the title. He climbs up the ladder to hang it but Hardy stops him. Hardy runs over Roode and Young with a ladder. Galloway cuts him off. Galloway hits the Future Shock DDT on top of a ladder to Hardy. Galloway pins Hardy but Roode breaks it up. Roode and Hardy go at it while Young slams Galloway. Jarrett looks on from the penalty cage.

Young works over Roode and Galloway, whipping Galloway into a ladder. Young tosses Hardy head first into the ladder. Roode slams EY into the ladder as Jarrett is let out of the box. Jarrett comes in and decks Roode and EY several times. Jarrett drops Galloway and Hardy next. EY with a low blow kick to Jarrett, sending him out to the floor. Hardy with a Twist of Fate on Roode. Hardy pins Roode and he’s eligible. Drew pins EY and he’s eligible. Hardy with a neckbreaker on Drew as Young and Roode go to the penalty box. EY and Roode talk strategy in the box as Hardy and Galloway trade shots on top of the ladder. Jarrett runs in and pushes the ladder over. Jarrett with the Stroke on Galloway but Hardy breaks the pin. Jarrett blocks Twist of Fate and hits the Stroke on Hardy for a close two count. Drew gets the title to climb the ladder as EY and Roode are let out of the cage. They come in and unload on everyone else. They hit a double suplex on Hardy. Roode slams Jarrett and EY comes off the top with an elbow drop on Jarrett. EY and Roode pay tribute to their Team Canada days. EY turns on Roode and hits the piledriver but it’s blocked. They end up on the floor. Galloway blocks Hardy but goes down. Hardy goes to the top but Galloway cuts him off and climbs up. Jarrett runs over and brings them both to the mat. EY and Roode run in to pin Hardy and Galloway. They both must go to the box now. Jarrett is still not eligible. Roode attacks EY and the three go at it trading shots for a minute or so in the middle of the ring. Jarrett kicks Roode and decks EY. Jarrett clotheslines Roode but EY runs over him. EY goes out for the guitar but Karen gets in the way and slaps him. He grabs the guitar anyway and brings it in the ring. Jarrett blocks it and hits a low blow. He picks the guitar up and smashes it over Roode’s head. Jarrett pins Roode and is now eligible for the title. Galloway and Hardy are also let out of the cage. Jarrett tosses Roode in the cage.

Hardy and Galloway end up top fighting on the ladder. They fall down and Jarrett runs into them with a ladder. Jarrett gets the title from the referee and climbs up the ladder. EY grabs him for a powerbomb off the ladder but they tumble to the apron. Jarrett goes for a Stroke from the apron but EY fights him off. EY hits a piledriver from the apron to the ladder that was bridged between the apron and the barrier. Roode is let out of the cage now. Hardy works over EY at ringside. Roode joins in and they all trade shots. Galloway appears on top of the penalty cage. He hits a huge swanton onto Hardy, Roode and EY. Galloway gets the title and goes for the ladder. He climbs up but Hardy meets him on the other side. Hardy nails a Twist of Fate from up high. Hardy climbs the ladder with the title but Roode comes from behind. Roode with a sitdown powerbomb from the ladder. Karen is trying to revive Jeff at ringside. Roode grabs the title and climbs the ladder but EY swings another ladder at him. EY stands that ladder up and climbs. He takes the title and knocks Roode off his ladder. They both fall to the mat but EY still has the title in hand. Jarrett comes in and stops EY from climbing. Jarrett hits the Stroke on EY from the ladder. Jarrett grabs the title and climbs the ladder. Roode and Hardy slowly try to go after him but Jarrett hangs the title for the win. After the bell, Jarrett brings the title back down and has his arm raised

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/06/28/tna-slammiversary-2015-results/feed/0June Wrestling Wednesdays Power Rankingshttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/06/27/june-wrestling-wednesdays-power-rankings/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/06/27/june-wrestling-wednesdays-power-rankings/#respondSat, 27 Jun 2015 07:08:18 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=19621On May 27th, Ring of Honor announced that they would be joining Destination America which sparked a big wave of controversary and excitement in the wrestling world. Before Ring of Honor decided to make the game-changing decision on Wednesdays you seen shows like NXT and Lucha Underground who would go head to head at the ...

]]>On May 27th, Ring of Honor announced that they would be joining Destination America which sparked a big wave of controversary and excitement in the wrestling world. Before Ring of Honor decided to make the game-changing decision on Wednesdays you seen shows like NXT and Lucha Underground who would go head to head at the 8pm ET time slot. With the addition of ROH you now have three shows competiting against each other at the 8 o’clock time slot with TNA starting at 9.

I’ve been putting in alot of work in covering all these shows and I feel that I’m doing myself and my career a disservice with not sharing my opinions in depth on all the shows that happen on #WrestlingWednesdays. What we’re going to do is every month, I’ll write a montly piece where I give you a breakdown of what happen in the company’s shows in the past month and that also includes PPV’s and I’ll give you monthly Power Rankings from four to one.

4.) TNA iMPACT Wrestling on Destination America

TNA made their official switch to Wednesdays nights on June 3rd. Over these past four weeks you seen three major storylines progressed. The Dirty Heels and The Wolves engage in a best of five series to crown a brand new TNA World Tag Team Champions. The personal feud between James Storm, Magnus and Mickie James. Ethan Carter III has entered to the main event scene and has became the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. There’s positives and negatives that come with TNA. I won’t harp too much on the outside the ring issues because everybody is saying the same thing and nothing’s original.

On a television side I feel that TNA has been inconsistent. The backstage promo’s and pre-tape vigenette segments has been good with the exception of the segment with James Storm pushing Mickie James off the rail tracks, but hey I give them credit for doing something out of the box and not just having all the segments of the show happen inside the iMPACT Zone. I feel that Josh Mathews has been dragging down the TNA product from a entertainment stand point. He doesn’t get me emotionally connected with the product. I feel that he has the excitement level of dry wall.

I feel that the in-ring action has been good to okay at best. I give TNA credit for building EC3 the right way, but at the same time I think we’ve seen WAY too much of EC3 throughout the weekly television shows. With TNA comes a sense of deprived emotion because obviously the shows are taped with the expection of this week’s show, but even then the taped experience of TNA is what it is. I’m not a guy who’s interested in SPOILERS as you’ll see in this article, but you can tell by the “live” crowd, nobody cares about what’s going on the ring.

Controversary creates cash and everybody has their mind set on the upcoming cancellation of Impact on Destination America in September. In this month we seen a new X-Division Champion in Tigre Uno. The Wolves & Dirty Heels are dead even in the best of five series. Taryn Terrell has became the longest reigning Knockouts Champion, Velvet Sky return to TNA and The Bro-Mans disbanded.

One of the major issues that I’ve have with TNA besides Josh Mathews is the lack of build or awarnessfor the upcoming TNA Slammiversary PPV. Not only is there not a championship match on the card, but the guy who’s on the cover of the PPV and YOUR World Champion Kurt Angle, is not competing on the show. TNA has been building up this EC3 and Angle program for two months and with this being the first LIVE TNA PPV since Bound for Glory you would think that you would have a major match with EC3 and Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary.

That’s not the case because TNA put themselves in a corner in putting this match on a tape edition of Impact which will air next week after the PPV is over. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. I thought the Bound for Glory PPV sucked last year even though TNA got the opportunity to showcase their product in Japan. I thought TNA was going to bring it this month and it didn’t happen and that’s unfortunate with everybody counting down the demise of TNA.

Josh’s Grade for TNA in June~ C-

3.) WWE NXT on the WWE Network

NXT has been one of the most highely touted products in the professional wrestling/sports entertainment world in the past year. NXT has seemed to change the game with the rise of talents like Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Enzo & Cass, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. Being a guy who covers the TV shows each week I have a different perspective on NXT then most hardcore wrestling fans who bloviate over the LIVE NXT Takeover Specials that happen on the WWE Network.

Obviously NXT is in a different position then all the other wrestling shows that occur on Wednesday nights because you can catch NXT on-demand on the WWE Network any time you want and we don’t have information as far as ratings is concern. Alsow with NXT product being on the WWE Network, NXT has limited commercial aspects to their show which plays to their favor with having longer matches and steady flows to their shows.

I think that at times we over-rate NXT just because it’s a product that’s appealing to the hard-core wrestling fanbase as opposed to the staples of WWE programming Raw and SmackDown. Don’t get me wrong I love covering NXT and I genuinely look forward to covering NXT each week with the mindset that I’m getting to see the progression of these talents as they scale the ladder of the WWE system. I think that at times the Full Sail crowd can get annoying and that doesn’t help with the story that’s being told in the ring or on the mic from the superstars and divas.

I feel that commentary has been okay. Maybe it’s me, but I don’t enjoy the current landscape of WWE commentators because honestly who’s who? What role are their portraying? I feel right now WWE struggles with their heel color commentator department because every time I tune into a WWE show that’s not name Raw or PPV’s I feel that the heel commentators on the other shows sound exactly like JBL and they don’t bring anything to the table. I rather have one guy on commentary instead of having a color commentator out there just ripping the faces on the show for the hell of it.

I feel at times the shows are hit and miss especially when it comes to character development. The NXT system has totally shifted their focus to the popular indy guys and the great divas division in NXT. I feel that the “Developmental” Talent got tossed to the way side and you can see that with talents like Baron Corbin, Mike Rallis, Elias Samson, Mojo Rawley, Bayley, Jason Jordan, Tye Dillinger and the NXT Tag Team Champions Blake & Murphy etc get lost in the shuffle.

There’s great talent in the WWE system that’s not a internet darling, but when you seem them on the weekly show you say this to your self “Oh their ok what’s next? On a positive note seeing talents like Finn Balor, Tyler Breeze, Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe is tremendous and they never disappoint. I feel that the main event level depth is small and with the injuries to Sami Zayn and Hideo Itami there’s a lawl in the NXT main event scene.

I’ve enjoyed the Finn Balor mini-documenatires that have been airing over the past couple of weeks as the Beast in the East Special fastly approaches. With that said I feel that NXT is good, but at times their weekly tv shows are hit and miss.

Josh’s Grade for WWE NXT in June~ B-

2.) Ring of Honor on Destination America

I’ve been a Ring of Honor fan since the beginning. Sin Clair Broadcasting Group doesn’t air their product in Chicago. We got one outlet in Rockford, but that’s it. If you never seen Ring of Honor before? Basically the company is based around putting on the most entertaining and pure professional wrestling in the world. You don’t get a over haul of storylines, but there’s characters in ROH. The company has a collection of the best unknown stars in the world and ROH has been a proving ground.

When I heard that ROH was coming to Destination America, I was really excited because I always wanted to stay in-tune with their product, but just never had a chance to see it unless they were in town, but now that I do what I’ve notice this. ROH doesn’t have the production machine behind them like a WWE does, but ROH is a fun product to watch if you just enjoy the pure wrestling part of the product. ROH is the home of the fanbase which has inspired today’s wrestling fans or as I call them “Eberts” where their expectations are at a all-time high and they’re hyper critical even though 30 % of that audience don’t have a clue what their talking about. If your a casual wrestling fan and you want to watch wrestling for the entertainment this may not be the show for you.

This is going to be a transitional period for the company because ROH is airing their weekly syndicated shows which air on Saturdays in your local Sin Clair markets, but that show is broadcasted on Destination America every Wednesday. From the in-ring stand point we’ve been seeing the taped Global Wars shows from Toronto with the mixed rosters of ROHand New Japan Pro Wrestling, so that’s been alot of fun to watch.

Some of the matches that have stood out to me in this month’s Ring of Honor TV is Dalton Castle vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Bullet Club vs. The Kingdom, Roderick Strong vs. Nakamura, Moose vs Cedric Alexander and Bullet Club vs. Chaos! From a storyline stand point we’ve seen the personal issues between Steve Corino and BJ Whitmer. The Decade has been using Corino’s son Colby to get destroyed in the ring each week, so BJ can get inside Steve’s head. Also we’ve seen the build towards the epic Jay Lethal and Jay Briscoe battle at Best in the World. Best in the World was a good PPV I wouldn’t say it was great, but Roderick Strong became the number one contender to the ROH World Championship, Veda Scott and Cedric Alexander turn their back on Moose, The Addiction one up reDRagon and Jay Lethal became the brand new ROH World Champion.

I feel that Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino are one of the best commentary duos in the business. I like the presentation of ROH yea they don’t have the best production in the world, but I enjoy their product and I’m excited to see what ROH brings with their product in the following months on Destination America.

Josh’s Grade for ROH in June~ B+

1.) Lucha Underground on El Rey Network

I’m a big wrestling fan like all of you. I want all wrestling companies to succeed no matter what anybody says. I’m never jaded or bitter towards wrestling companies because I may not get what I want or I had a bad experience with a company. I’m always open to seeing new styles of professional wrestling. I love the presentation of Lucha! The Temple is one of the coolest environments for a professional wrestling show.

I think Matt Striker and Vampiro are a great duo as far as commentary is concern. Being a historical type of guy I enjoy the historical information both Striker and Vampiro bring to their broadcast. Melissa Santos is obviously a looker and she’s a great ring announcer. Who knows maybe sometime down the road we can see Santos become a valet at some point. I think Catrina former guest our show has become one of the best managers in the business today. She’s one of the major players of the show with her association with Mil Muertes who’s one of the best “Monsters” in the business today.

Lucha is the show I look forward to the most on Wednesday nights. There’s so much character development on this show I wish at times Lucha would be two hours, so we can see everybody on the show, but that’s the cool thing with Lucha. It’s a one hour show and it always keeps you on your topes and leaves you wanting more.

I love the entire roster. The Trios Champions Ivelisse, Son of Havoc and Angelico are great. Pentagon Jr., Cage, Drago, Aerostar, Jack Evans and The Mack are amongst my favorite luchadors on the roster. I also love the main event scene in Lucha Underground with Johnny Mundo, Fenix, Drago, Mil Muertes, Cage, Alberto El Patron, Hernandez and Prince Puma. Seeing guys like Johnny Mundo, Big Ryck, Chavo Guerrero and Alberto El Patron getting the opportunity to showcase what they can do is absolutely tremendous. Dairo Cueto is my favorite heel authority figure in the wrestling business right now.

He’s does a tremendous job as the “DON” if you will of Lucha Underground. There’s alot of wrestling companies who worry too much about what WWE does and try to make a name out of themselves by bringing in former WWE Talent and ripping the company because those companies don’t have what it takes to make themselves stand out and be DIFFERENT. What I love about Lucha Underground is that it’s DIFFERENT and they only care about themselves. I got to thank the roster, the crew, Matt and Vamp, DJ Chris DeJoseph and El Rey Network for giving us the best alternative in professional wrestling today.

Josh’s Grade for Lucha Underground for June~ A I hope you guys enjoy this piece! I do have a unique perspective with covering these four wrestling shows in depth every single week. I feel that I can bring a perspective that’s desperately needed in this outdated wrestling media landscape. Please feel free to comment below your thoughts on this piece and what’s been your favorite Wrestling Wednesday show and tell us why?

Carter says he’s waited for this moment since he stepped into that ring he’s in the ring with the best in the business and runs down the list of WWE legends Angle has beaten, but points out that every one of them has been beaten and he hasn’t, and Kurt Angle can’t beat him either. Carter is his reckoning, his end of days, and for his World Title reign, he is Angle’s endpoint. Angle’s not just carrying a title, he’s carrying a big, gleaming red torch that will be passed to him. Carter signs the contract, and then Angle says he’s been to about a hundred of these, and that’s important because he’s been there before.

Big fights are for Kurt Angle, and Carter is very talented he’s a spoiled brat, but he’s very talented. He thinks he should be champion because he’s undefeated, but he doesn’t know anything. Carter points out that he’s beaten Angle before, but this is different because Angle’s healthy now, and he asks Carter what he’s going to do when he loses. He tells Ethan that he’s going to have to look himself in the mirror and live with himself for the rest of his life, and wishes Carter luck. Angle signs the contract, and Tenay says it’s official, then says that each man will have a tune up match where they get to pick each other’s opponent tonight. Angle tells Ethan that his challenge tonight will be a former World Champion, an MMA star, and one of his toughest opponents Bobby Lashley.

Programming Announcement:

Next week on TNA we’ll see a three way match between Grado/Tigre Uno/Low Ki for the vacated TNA X-Division Championship.

Bobby Roode & The Wolves In-Ring Promo:

Richards says that from day one, no matter where in the world they were, he and Eddie have given their all and sacrificed everything to be the best tag team in the world. Whoever holds the belts are the best in the world, and they’ve gone through the Bromans, the Hardys, Team 3D and their tables, ladders, and chairs, but even still there’s the question of the Dirty Heels. They weren’t looking for the easy way out, they wanted to find out who the best team in the world is, but little did they know, the Dirty Heels lived up to their names. They fooled the Wolves once, but it won’t happen again, and if they want a war, they’ll give them one. Eddie says they’re ready for a war, and ask the Dirty Heels to come down and start match four right now.

Roode comes out alone on the stage and says that his partner Austin Aries had a match of the year with Kurt Angle, and he’s at home resting up for match four. They’re both former World Champions here, so they call the shots, not the Wolves. Eddie says that comes in handy, but since Roode is here and looks okay, maybe he should come down and face one of them in a singles match. Roode rolls that one over for a moment and says no, but then says he has a proposition and suggest upping the ante if you will. The winner of tonight’s singles match picks the stipulation in match four. Eddie says he’ll do this right now, and if Roode wants to hit him in the back of the head, he can get in the ring and he’ll kick Roode’s ass right now. Roode says let’s do this.

First Match: Eddie Edwards w/Davey Richards vs. Bobby Roode

Edwards quickly dumps Roode to the floor and takes him out with a dive through the ropes, then unloads with a series of chops before rolling Roode back inside. Roode is up in time to catch Edwards coming in with a series of boots, but Edwards superkicks Roode’s knee out and hits a shining wizard for two count. Roode gets his boot up on a charge by Edwards, and goes back to putting the boots to him. Roode with a perfect necksnap, then we hit the chinlock. Edwards connects with a flying knee and starts to mount a comeback. Edwards hits a backpack driver for two count, but Roode avoids a top rope stomp and hits a spinebuster for two count. Roode spits at Davey to draw him into the ring, then Austin Aries runs out with a chair and tosses it to Roode while the referee is busy trying to get Richards out of the ring. Roode takes a wild swing, but Edwards ducks and Richards pulls the chair out of Roode’s hand. Edwards rolls a bewildered Roode up for the win. Davey announces that the fourth match in the title series will be Full Metal Mayhem.

Winner: Eddie Edwards

Joseph Parks Backstage Segment:

Joseph Park walks in and says he’s fallen on hard times, but he heard Bram challenging past stars here at Impact Wrestling and says this is his chance to get back into the spotlight.

Second Match: Joseph Parks vs. Bram

Park with a series of hard shots. Park fires back with some weak punches, and Bram takes him off his feet with a big clothesline. Bram gets a chair and brings it into the ring, but Park ducks the swing and takes Bram down, then goes for the chair himself. He takes too long and Bram blindsides him, then goes under the ring and brings out a table and a Singapore cane. Park punches Bram in the ding ding, unloads on him with several shots from the cane, and chokeslams Bram for two count. Bram spears Park through the table and covers him for the victory.

Winner: Bram

The Dollhouse Promo:

Terrell says that since both Brooke and Awesome Kong want a shot at her title, so she says that if they beat her dolls tonight, they both get a shot at her title, but if they lose, neither of them get a title shot ever again, so it’s double or nothing.

Jade and Marti make Brooke pay, stomping and kicking her into the ropes. Brooke fires back a Roll N Slice from Jade gets two and she goes back to choking. Earl makes the count but no, Brooke gets going and avoids the dropkick.Both women rise as Marti helps Jade in the corner, and makes the tag in to throw Brooke down by her hair. She goes apocalyptic and rakes the face with two hands. Sends Brooke headfirst into the corner to tag in Jade and a snap for the suplex as Jade takes Brooke over. Leg is hooked and only gets a two. Cover again but gets a two count.

Brooke fights back but takes a kneelift to the abs. Jade has the hair as the fans want Kong. Jade misses the Asai and Brooke has a chance, crawling to get on over to Kong and does- Kong runs in and runs over Marti! The scoop and the slam! She sets for the Implant Buster but Jade hits the dropkick and they both try a suplex, Kong reverses and snaps both herself. Brooke spears Jade and Kong runs into a boot, Marti leaps onto Kong and recieves a chokeslam. Kong tags in. Brooke off Kong to land the elbow and wins.

Winner: Awesome Kong and Brooke Adams

Christian Melendez and Eric Young In-Ring Promo:

Melendez says that when Eric Young ripped his leg off, he disrespected everything this country stands for, and he wants Young to get his ass in the ring right now. Young comes out and tells Chris he’s trying to do him a favor because he’s a hero who went to war for his country and made a huge sacrifice. Young can’t take that away from him and he’s a living, breathing American hero, but as sure as he’s standing in front of Chris and looking him in his eye he doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about Melendez, the fans, or anybody, he only cares about himself. That part of Melendez’ life is over, the new chapter says Young is the five star general, he’s calling the shots, and Melendez is nobody and nothing.

Young is top of the mountain, he’s world class, and Melendez is all the way down at the bottom. Everyone’s mad about what Young did and Melendez wants revenge, but taking his leg was a spur of the moment thing, imagine what he’ll do when he has time to think about it? Young asks Melendez if he really wants to be in this ring by himself, with one leg, against a world class maniac. Young asks Melendez what it’s going to be, and Melendez says he might be right about where they are, how far Melendez has to come, and also he’s right that he’ll be here to hand Young his ass next week.

Fourth Match: DJ Zema Ion vs. Jessie Godderz

Ion tries a flying headscissors, but Jessie catches him, hoists him back up, and powerbombs him hard for two count. Jessie pummels DJ Z some more and taps him out to a Boston crab. Jessie gets a mic and says he’s the reason the Bromans won and held the tag team title twice, and while Robbie E was traveling around the world with his girlfriend and DJ Z was halfway across the country in some dive bar with redneck losers, he was training and waiting for this moment. He grabs DJ Z by the neck and asks him if he knows what it feels like to be a loser, to be a nobody, and that’s how he felt and it’s never going to happen anymore because he’s done. Jessie tosses the mic, presses DJ Z over his head and then Robbie E runs in and attacks Jessie before he can do any more damage to DJ Z.

Winner: Jessie Godderz

James Storm and Magnus In-Ring Promo:

Magnys says that he’s not leaving this ring, building, or even the state until he shows his face. A small team of sad looking security guys come out to ringside, but Magnus says he’ll break them in half if they try to stop him, and he starts calling out names of TNA management until Storm finally comes out to the top of the ramp. Storm says he tried to tell Mickie and everyone else that he was the bad guy, but Magnus made himself look like the bad guy and the jealous guy. Storm throws a few more comments at Magnus to try and get under his skin, then he brings out a stroller and says he wouldn’t want anything happening to Magnus’ son.

Magnus stops dead in his tracks as Storm says he just brought him out here to make sure Magnus didn’t do anything crazy, and he says that Mickie is a sorry excuse for a woman and Magnus is a sorry excuse for a man. Magnus breaks free and goes after Storm. Storm kicks the stroller off the ramp and the baby falls out, and Magnus rushes to his side to discover that it was just a doll and not a real baby.

Fifth Match: Ethan Carter III w/Tyrus vs. Bobby Lashley

Lashley completely dominates the early moments of this match, throwing Carter around like a ragdoll until Tyrus distracts Lashley from the floor. Carter gets some offense and goes for a suplex, but Lashley easily reverses and Carter rolls out to the floor. Tyrus stands in Lashley’s path and they have a staredown while Carter gets in the ring and baseball slides Lashley through the ropes. Now Carter gets that suplex, except it’s on the floor where it has a little more impact. Lashley starts to fire back on Carter and connects with a corner clothesline, then pops Carter up and hits a running powerslam for two count. Lashley charges Carter, who moves and Lashley crashes into a chair in the corner.

Carter hits a DDT for two count, then he goes for the 1% but gets shoved off into the referee. Lashley spears Carter and makes a cover, but Tyrus comes in and drops an elbow on Lashley, then rolls Carter on top of him. Tyrus clears out of the ring as another referee comes in and counts two count, then Tyrus takes the second ref out as well before planting Lashley with a Bodybag. Tyrus again drags Carter on top of Lashley as yet another referee comes out to count, but Lashley is again up at two count. Tyrus knocks this referee out, but Lashley spears Tyurs into next week. Carter quickly comes from behind and knocks Lashley out with a chair, hits the 1%, and makes a cover for the victory.

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Ethan Carter III & Kurt Angle Segment:

Ethan Carter III comes storming out to the ring with Tyrus in to complain about how there’s two World Title matches tonight and he’s not in either of them. He’s doing a good, old fashioned sit-in tonight until he gets what he wants. EC3 dares anyone to try and get him out of the ring, so Kurt Angle comes out to confront EC3, and says he’s not stopping anything because the fans want to see wrestling, not some whiny bitch complaining about anything. EC3 threatens to end Angle’s career, so Angle tells him to try right now because if he tries, he promises to snap his ankle in two. EC3 glares at him before wordlessly slipping out of the ring and heading for the back of course with Tyrus in tow. Rockstar Spud passes him on the way to the ring.

Angle quickly takes Spud down and dominates him on the mat, but Spud gets to the ropes to force a break and then starts using his speed to catch Angle with a bunch of dropkicks and springboard moves. Angle scurries to the floor to break the momentum, and Spud tries a dive off the apron, but Angle catches him as he comes in and hits an overhead release suplex right on the floor. Angle brings Spud back in and continues dominating him, hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two count and continuing to press the advantage. Spud escapes the Angle Slam and lays Angle out with an enziguiri and then peppers him with a series of jabs and a big right hand that floors Angle.

Spud dodges a charge and sends the champion out to the floor, then dropkicks him back to the concrete when he tries climbing back inside. Spud goes back to the top and takes Angle out with a somersault dive that connects with that tender back of Angle’s neck. Angle goes back to the top, but Angle quickly runs up the corner and hits the belly to belly suplex. Spud escapes another Angle slam attempt and drops Angle to his knees with another enziguiri, then connects with a series of charging forearms. Angle catches another enziguiri attempt to the anklelock, Spud rolls out and he hits the Underdog. Spud quickly rolls Angle over and makes a cover, but Angle kicks out at two count. Spud takes too long to capitalize and Angle gets Spud back in the anklelock and grapevines the leg. Spud gives it everything he has and tries his best to fight, but eventually is forced to tap out.

Low Ki is quickly dusted out to the floor, and Manik and Steve go at each other and Manik then dropkicks Steve out to the floor. Ki takes Steve out and sends Manik back in and destroys him with Mongolian chops, but Manik catches Low Ki with a royal octopus and rolls it into a guillotine cradle for two count. Steve is back in and gets taken right back out by Manik and Low Ki, and Ki covers Steve after hitting a Tidal Krush for two count. Steve catches another kick that was meant for Manik, but Steve shoves Manik off the top rope and tries a flying move at Low Ki, who simply walks out of the way. Low Ki takes both opponents out with a shotgun dropkick and then kills Manik with the Warrior’s Way for three count.

Winner: Low Ki

The Dollhouse Promo:

Taryn Terrell says she had something special planned for Destination X, and the Dollhouse will never disappoint. If Kong wants to wrestle her for this title and wants to play and try and win this title, then she’ll have to do it in a lingerie pillow fight, and if she doesn’t wear this then Kong doesn’t get her title shot.

Z takes advantage and slams Uno but Tigre comes off with a wheelbarrow armdrag, off the side and ducks the leapfrogs, dropkick to Uno by DJZ! Mandrews off the ropes caught by Z but catches the scissors on Uno! Gets a standing moonsault on DJZ and gets a two! Mandrews caught and atomic drop taken into the dropkick from the canvas but only takes a two. DJZ does not see Tigre Uno up top, Uno off the corner and double dropkick to both! Z makes it up top as Tigre Uno hits the shot but DJZ comes off with a flying
spear to Mandrews! Uno breaks it up as Z takes a flying super legdrop from the top! Mandrews breaks the pin, and runs a waistlock into the ropes, comes off with the springboard tornado DDT, all three men down.

Uno wisely goes to the outside as Mandrews looks for a flying hurricanrana and tosses Uno across the ringside floor! DJZ up and revving- somersault plancha over the top takes Mark Andrews out!! Zema comes off the ropes and flying into Mandrews! Uno sends him out and hits the Phoenix Splash! Jesse Godderz attacks DJZ! Godderz takes Z into the ring and starts beating him down, up and one arm powerbomb into the buckles! The fans are booing as Jesse seethes with rage. Going to do more damage, Jesse Godderz pulls DJZ up and gorilla presses him as he carries him around the ring. Tosses him all the way down to the floor! Godderz poses in celebration.

Winner: Tigre Uno

Grado Promo:

Grado does squats in the back. His mom says he’s cool. Grado has been training, jogging, dog walking, and looks to demonstrate his parkour. Grado charges and kind of doesn’t make it over the production box.

Taryn Terrell, Awesome Kong and Brooke Adams Segment:

says that if Kong wants her shot at the title, to come right on out in that sexy lingerie. Kong comes out in her usual gear and Taryn says she’s ruining playtime because they got her something really pretty to wear that was even in her size. Taryn tells Kong to turn around and go put it on, but Kong drags Marti and Jade out to the floor and lays the both of them out. Taryn says ther’s going to be no title match tonight, but Brooke Tessmacher comes out and says what she’s doing is a disgrace. Taryn wants Christy to announce her as the winner, but Brooke says she promised to defend the title tonight and also promised the people a little lingerie, and she has no problem fighting her in any match, anytime, and any place. Taryn tells Brooke to walk out of this ring before she humiliates her, and Brooke says that before she takes her cute little booty out of here, she has one other thing to get off her chest then she attacks Taryn, tears her robe off, and reveals the lingerie she’s got on underneath. Taryn tries unsuccessfully to get her robe back, but instead covers herself up with a pillow and runs to the back. Brooke says that she just took Taryn’s robe, and the next thing she’s going to take will be the Knockouts Title.

The Dirty Heels Backstage Segment:

Roode is backstage telling Austin Aries that they’re back and they have the Wolves right where they want them, but tonight hey need to concentrate on Kurt Angle. Oh, and Roode wants the first shot at the title after Aries wins. Roode wishes Aries luck, but knows he doesn’t need it.

Kenny tosses Cruz who kicks him and hits Grado, only to take a shot from King who does the same to Grado. Kenny King is on the offense, slapping the chop into Grado! Beats him down in the corner and ducks a fly from Cruz, catching him in the tilt a whirl gutbreaker. King gets two but Grado breaks it up, King with the chinlock and grating at the face. The fans are cheering Grado as King shifts to turn Cruz inside out with a diving clotheslinet. Kenny King distracted and misses the corner charge, posting himself as Cruz wraps the waistlock but cannot lift Grado to suplex him.

Grado goes for the figure four but gets kicked off and cartwheels out! Grado with the trip and cover but King breaks and boots Grado across the mouth. Tossing Cruz who goes up top and flying Senton then follows it up with a springboard crossbody! King tries to rise as Cruz hits the kick and tilt a whirl caught, Kenny turns it into the Royal Flush! Grado boxes Kenny who chops him and Grado fires back to hit the Flip Flop and Fly! The fans are cheering as Grado goes to the corner, sends King up and over the ropes! Grado charges the corner and hits the rolling slice for the victory.

Winner: Grado

Fifth Match: Bram vs. Crimson

Crimson tosses Bram around and sends the man outside. Bram is none too pleased and gets back in as Crimson drags him up, eats and elbow but smashes Bram down! Bram tosses him but Crimson slides back in! He catches the kick and Bram again goes to the floor. Bram picks Crimson sending him into the steel barricade. Another shot with Crimson’s head into the railing and Bram is in control, taking his opponent across the floor and sends him into the steel once again. Bram beats on Crimson and tosses him back inside the ring. Bram beats on Crimson, the Referee warning him not to punch. Bram is all laughs, talking trash as he rolls around Crimson, but gets caught and tossed with the overhead suplex! Crimson for the Rings of Saturn and Bram makes it to the ropes. Crimson again goes for the submission but Bram bites his hand! He hits the kick and pickup to slam the DDT!

Angle beats Aries down to the mat and chokes him with his boot in the corner. Aries comes out with a hard clothesline that floors Angle, Angle tries a German suplex but Aries rolls through and lands on his feet then dropkicks Angle. Aries hits a slingshot senton on Angle before coming off the second rope with an elbow for two count. Angle gets his boots up on an Aries charge into the corner and hits the Angle Slam for two count. Angle with the rolling German suplexes, but an Angle Slam attempt is countered to a DDT for two count, then Aries goes right into the Last Chancery. Angle slips out and gets Aries in the anklelock, but Aries rolls through and sends Angle crashing into the corner. Aries rakes Angle’s eyes across the top rope and then snaps his neck down on the top rope before coming off the top with a missile dropkick. Aries goes for the IED, but Angle catches his foot coming in and gets the anklelock. Aries goes for the ropes and makes it, but only after a tough effort.

Angle hits another Angle Slam for two count, then he goes up top for the moonsault and misses. Aries gets Angle in the Last Chancery, but Angle fights like hell and somehow makes it to the ropes. Aries drags Angle out to the middle of the ring and goes up top for the 450 splash, Angle runs up to stop him, but Aries shoves Angle off and hits the 450 and gets two count. Angle and Aries trade punches, Aries escapes another Angle slam attempt, hits a pair of roaring elbows, hits the IED, and puts Angle down with the brainbuster, but Angle again gets his foot on the rope. Aries decides to get cute and puts Angle in the anklelock, Angle rolls through and gets an anklelock of his own, but Aries rolls through again and sends Angle out to the floor. Aries goes for the heat seeking missile and Angle moves out of the way, causing Aries to hit the barricade face first. Angle rolls Aries inside, takes the straps down, lifts Aries up, and goes for the Angle Slam, but Aries rolls through and cradles Angle for two count. Angle immediately gets the anklelock again, and Aries taps out. Ethan Carter III comes out of nowhere and blindsides Angle, then he picks up the TNA World Title belt and holds it up high as Angle lays motionless on the mat to close the show.

TNA Barbershop Quintet sings EC3 to the ring. EC3 is ecstatic about finally being ranked #1 in the top five rankings, and he has his singers do a rendition of “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow” except it’s “For He’s A #1 Contender”, then EC3 tells Tyrus that he could have never done it without him and asks him if he wants to dance. Tyrus teases that he’s about to do the old Brodus Clay moves but doesn’t because this is serious. He says Kurt Angle has had a hell of a run, but he wants to invite Angle out to join him for his celebration. Angle comes out to the balloon, singer, and woman filled ring looking amused at the whole scene.

Angle says that Verne Gagne and Lou Thesz would be rolling over in their graves if they saw this, and he can’t wait for a chance to shut EC3 up, except that he’s not next in line for a title shot. EC3 says he’s the number one contender, the only number that matters, but Angle says next week in Destination X when the X Division Champion gets a chance to turn in their title for a shot at the World Title and he thinks Spud is going to go for it. EC3 tells Angle about how he left Spud bloody and battered, but he knows what makes Spud tick and he’s going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. EC3 takes Tyrus and his entire entourage and they head to the back as EC3 tells the singers to say goodbye to Kurt for him, and they do a barbershop version of TroubleTroubleTroubleTrouble, and Kurt shows his appreciation by giving one of them the Angle Slam.

First Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Eric Young

Lashley bowls him over and sends him to the floor. EY tries to come back in and Lashley drags him to the floor. EY gets a back elbow, but gets taken down and hit with a delayed vertical suplex. EY gets a mule kick to the gut and Lashley punches away in the corner. EY backdrops him over the top and Lashley lands on the apron, but eats a punch. EY dominates for a bit and gets a snapmare and a neck wrench. EY goes for a double axehandle off the top, but eats a belly to belly throw. Lashley gets a big spinebuster mid-ring, but only gets two count. EY escapes the Dominator and the shoulder-mount powerslam before raking the face and hitting a flying forearm. Chris Melendez comes down and Lashley hits the spear for the win.

Winner: Bobby Lashley

Rockstar Spud Promo:

Spud says he’s been fighting for the X Title for 14 years, and now he can trade it all in for a shot at the World title. Spud isn’t sure what he’ll do, and I love that since it should be a big decision and if you don’t treat it like one, then it devalues the X Title.

The Dollhouse Promo:

Dollhouse’s bedroom where they share a laugh over what they did to Gail Kim in the Steel Cage Match last week, and Taryn Terrell says that she’s going to put the X in Destination X next week.

Second Match: Brooke Tesmacher vs. Jade w/Marti Bell

Brooke gets a schoolgirl for a quick two count. Marti helps on the floor for a two count. Now Josh is a babyface as he’s opposed to the 2-on-1 edge the Dollhouse has here. Flying hair mares by Jade are met with a schoolgirl for two count again. Helluva kick in the corner from Jade. Diving lariat off the second rope by Brooke. Jade gets a chick kick for two count. Slam and a lionsault miss for Jade and Brooke gets a face jam for two count thanks to Marti putting the foot on the rope. Accidental Helluva kick to Marti on the apron gives Brooke the opening for her facebuster and the win.

Winner: Brooke Tessmacher

Chris Melendez Promo:

Chris Melendez is pissed that EY was surprised that he came out. Chris tells EY that he was taken to a place he hasn’t been since he was overseas, and he wants a fight

Austin Aries & Rockstar Spud Segment:

Aries chats with Spud and talks about how he made Option C to make the X Title more important, but now, since everyone has cashed it in, the title means a bit less. Aries tells him that he isn’t trying to mess with him as he already has his title shot guaranteed.

Third Match: The Rising vs. The Beat Down Clan

Eli dominates MVP with elbows, including a nice flying one. A King distraction lets MVP boot him in the face. Kenny comes in and gets a floatover snap suplex for two count. They triple team Eli in the corner and King runs wild. Ki and Eli go at it, and Eli escapes Ki to tag in Drew. Drew comes in as Josh talks about Drew legit hates Ki. Strong kick by Galloway gets two count on Ki thanks to King getting involved. Mica dives onto King on the floor and Drew chops Ki in the corner. MVP crotches Drew leading to a Warrior’s Way being countered into a belly to belly as Drake and MVP attack. Mika and Drew hit a Doomsday Device for the win.

Winner: The Rising

Rockstar Spud, Kurt Angle, and Ethan Carter III Segment:

JB asks him if he’ll give it all up for a World title shot, which he says is a once a million shot since he’s just like all the fans. He needs more time, but he doesn’t get it. Kurt comes out. Kurt tells Spud that he’s trained harder for this World title than any of the 12 others he’s won and he shouldn’t fight him. EC3 comes down and tells him that he can hang his career on being a two-time X Division champion. He’s also a fish and he’s swimming with sharks. EC3 told him he was a lion, tiger, and gazelle – but Kurt is the best ever…or at least was, until he came along. EC3 says that he and Dixie will give Spud a lifetime contract as Chief of Staff.

All he has to do is avoid cashing in Option C and give EC3 his shot Spud says he loved being the Chief of Staff, he loved Dixie and he loved Ethan too. But then he was fired and humiliated, busted open and shaved bald. Spud calls him someone who never had to work for anything and he worked hard for 14 years, and all EC3 did was laugh at him and he’s nothing but a self-entitled prick! He can take the job and his Aunt and stick them up his ass, but dammit, he’s Rockstar Spud and he’s cashing in the title and he’s facing Kurt Angle! EC3 cheapshots Spud and Kurt defends him and orders a tag match pitting he and Spud against EC3 and Tyrus.

Fourth Match: Match Number Three in the Best of Five Series to crown the new TNA World Tag Team Championship
The Wolves vs. Austin Aries & Bobby Roode

Last Chancery is locked on quickly as Davey gets the ropes, and then Roode tags in for a boot to the gut. Wolves tag in for fast arm wringers and a double stomp to the arm of Roode by Davey. Drop toehold kneedrop get two count. Roode gets a tag, but Aries eats a backdrop. Face smack into Davey’s boot in the corner. Aries hop to the apron where he eats a double Helluva kick, but Roode prevents a double dive to Aries. Aries gets a chopblock to each man and kicks away at a leg before a break. After the break, Roode gets a gordbuster. Davey comes back with an outside-in double stomp. Roode smashes Davey into the buckle and stomps his back. Roode chops away and Davey attacks each man in the corner. Davey escapes a Roode throw and tags in Eddie.

Eddie runs wild and gets a superkick to the stomach and a shining wizard before hitting Aries with an inverted Falcon Arrow. An Aries eye rake breaks up Roode eating a billion cops in the corner. Heels go for a double suplex, but Davey saves Eddie and they double-dive the Heels on the floor.
Roode eats a series of kicks and a German suplex for two count. Roode and Aries gets the outside-in backbreaker and elbow for two count. Miscue leads to Roode hitting Aries and Aries eating a kick and Michinoku driver for two count. Wolves howl, but an Aries dropkick prevents a backpack stunner. Spinebuster leads to the 450 and a two count! Aries gets a suicide dive on the floor and a chair. Brian Hebner is against the chair, but doesn’t bother to move it. Aries distracts him with a belt and Roode hits Eddie with the chair to win.

Winner: Austin Aries & Bobby Roode

James Storm & Mickie James Segment:

Mickie asks James where the stars are and he says they’re just fashionably late. He can give her so much more, and while the music can be there forever, he wants her to join him on his journey and be by his side. He wants her and her son to join The Revolution. She says that he’s her friend, but she needs to go. He says he’s sorry and he thought he could help her out and it’s his fault – whatever she decides, he stands behind. They hug and he leaves with her to protect here. Security camera footage shows Storm and Mickie at the train station and Storm knocks her onto the tracks before calling Magnus.

Madison Rayne, Angelina Love & Velvet Sky Segment:

Madison has a mic and Josh talks about how angry she’s been on social media. Unless you twerk or are Gail Kim, you get nothing in TNA. They all make her sick and while she, as contacted talent, waits her turn someone like Velvet Sky gets more TV time despite being fired. Someone holds up a tiny orange sign with “Better Than Divas” on it. Velvet comes down and Madison says it’s okay, just let her come through the security barricade because she’s pissed. Madison says that she’s a big fan of what Velvet’s doing and she understands that she’s trying to get her spot back – and slaps her.

“A few chains don’t make ya a badass, purple in yer hair doesn’t make you a badass!” Velvet spears her and hits a stunner before Angelina screeches. Angelina says they can do this the easy way or the hard way, so Velvet kicks their asses until the numbers game takes over and she’s arrested. Angelina talks smack while Velvet is held back, insulted, and slapped. Velvet smiles, so Angelina elbows her down. Security comes down to tell Angelina that since she just attacked a fan, she’s being arrested.

Fifth Match: Kurt Angle & Rockstar Spud vs. Ethan Carter III & Tyrus

Spud goes right after EC3 and stomps him down in the corner, takes a poke at Tyrus, then goes back to unloading on EC3. Carter goes to the throat and rams Spud into the corner, then they take turns exchanging chops. They move on to trading punches until Spud lays EC3 out with a leaping enziguiri, but Spud gets too close to Tyrus and gets his eyes gouged. Tyrus tags in, picks Spud up, and just ragdolls him to the mat. Tyrus tears at Spud’s face and stands on his back, then drops a pair of big elbows on Spud’s back before doing pushups on him. Tyrus delivers a series of backbreakers to Spud, then Carter tags in and hits a Stinger Splash in the corner on Spud. EC3 hits an overhead release suplex, then walks over and stares Angle down but gives Spud too much time to recover and he manages to make the hot tag to Angle.

Carter immediately runs across the ring and tags Tyrus in, but Angle dumps Tyrus to the floor and gets Carter in the anklelock. Tyrus is back in to break that up, but charges into Angle’s boot and, after Angle and Spud hit a double team, hits the Angle Slam on Tyrus and Spud quickly scurries over to cover Tyrus for the win. Austin Aries comes out to the top of the ramp and tells Spud that he admires his courage and heart, and he questions his decision making, but he decided to cash in his title shot and he’ll get it in Destination X. But just like 2012 when he won the World Title at Destination X, Austin Aries will once again be in the main event when he cashes in his briefcase and faces the winner of Spud vs Kurt Angle, and once again he will be the World Champion.

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/06/03/tna-impact-wrestling-results-june-3-2015/feed/0TNA Slammiversary returns to pay-per-view, but will anyone buy it?http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/05/02/tna-slammiversary-returns-to-pay-per-view-but-will-anyone-buy-it/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2015/05/02/tna-slammiversary-returns-to-pay-per-view-but-will-anyone-buy-it/#respondSat, 02 May 2015 23:49:20 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=18269TNA is returning to pay-per-view. The fledgling wrestling company made official today its plans to return to traditional pay-per-view with Slammiversary on Sunday, June 28. This is TNA’s 13th Slammiversary and advertised for the show are Kurt Angle, Ethan Carter III, Taryn Terrell, the Beat Down Clan, the Rising, and Matt and Jeff Hardy. The show airs ...

]]>TNA is returning to pay-per-view. The fledgling wrestling company made official today its plans to return to traditional pay-per-view with Slammiversary on Sunday, June 28.

This is TNA’s 13th Slammiversary and advertised for the show are Kurt Angle, Ethan Carter III, Taryn Terrell, the Beat Down Clan, the Rising, and Matt and Jeff Hardy.

The show airs live from Orlando, Florida, and the real question is if wrestling fans will still shell out big bucks for old-school pay-per-views in the WWE Network era. I wouldn’t count on it as there are plenty of fans who complain about paying $9.99 for the Network. And for under $10, they’re getting a month of access to WWE’s pay-per-views, NXT, special events and hundred of thousands of hours of on-demand archival content. Seriously, how can any wrestling fan not see the WWE Network as a value buy? NXT alone is worth that price — and probably more.

Despite putting on better shows of late, TNA doesn’t have a lot of momentum behind the product, banished to the Siberia of cable networks, Destination America.

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http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/06/14/new-main-event-tna-slammiversary/#respondSat, 14 Jun 2014 14:21:40 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=10223As expected, there is a new main event for TNA Slammiversary this Sunday with MVP injuring his knee several weeks ago. He was holding out hope that he could take on Eric Young for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship but that is not the case. TNA announced that MVP was out of the match on ...

]]>As expected, there is a new main event for TNA Slammiversary this Sunday with MVP injuring his knee several weeks ago. He was holding out hope that he could take on Eric Young for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship but that is not the case.

TNA announced that MVP was out of the match on Friday with head of talent relations John Gaburick sharing the word on his Twitter account.

#Breaking@The305MVP suffered a torn meniscus during his last match. This morning, doctors deemed him unable to compete this Sunday!

So we now know at least who could be in the main event of the show – Eric Young against the winner of those two matches. It will be interesting to see what direction they go here. Samoa Joe and Austin Aries are fan favorites but both are babyfaces and would be facing another one in the champion. But if you have the heels win, the audience may not like it although it would give Young a chance to once again overcome the odds in trying to defend his title.

My gut – I’d have Joe and Aries win and then tear the house down in the main event between them and Young which would make the crowd happy.

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/06/14/new-main-event-tna-slammiversary/feed/0WWE Cuts, Daniel Bryan Stripped of Title, TNA Slammiversaryhttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/06/13/wwe-cuts-daniel-bryan-stripped-of-title-tna-slammiversary/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/06/13/wwe-cuts-daniel-bryan-stripped-of-title-tna-slammiversary/#respondFri, 13 Jun 2014 19:38:43 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=10198It’s the weekly Between The Ropes Flagship show as Brian and Michael talk about everything from this past week in wrestling including Daniel Bryan being stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, how will he used once he comes back, who could and should win the title at the Money in the Bank PPV, the recent ...

]]>It’s the weekly Between The Ropes Flagship show as Brian and Michael talk about everything from this past week in wrestling including Daniel Bryan being stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, how will he used once he comes back, who could and should win the title at the Money in the Bank PPV, the recent cuts to the WWE roster, TNA with its Slammiversary PPV this Sunday, the change to the main event on the show and much more.

Looking for awesome seats to a WWE event? Get great tickets right now by our friends at Ticket Monster.

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/06/13/wwe-cuts-daniel-bryan-stripped-of-title-tna-slammiversary/feed/0TNA Impact Results: On The Road To Slammiversaryhttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/05/29/tna-impact-results-road-slammiversary-continues/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/05/29/tna-impact-results-road-slammiversary-continues/#respondFri, 30 May 2014 00:45:54 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=9566TNA Impact WrestlingMay 29, 2014Universal StudiosOrlando, Florida Miss Impact last week get caught up and click here For all the latest news on TNA Wrestling from us click here Off the Top: Package on MVP and showing all the chaos that he and his new faction have caused with Bobby and Kenny King. Promo ends ...

Off the Top: Package on MVP and showing all the chaos that he and his new faction have caused with Bobby and Kenny King. Promo ends with question being asked who is going to stop them.

Hot start as we go right into promo by Bully Ray. He claims he is obsessed with 6 people that he guarantees he is going to put through tables. He has 6 tables covered up and reveals names. Lashley, EC3, MVP, Kenny King and Spud and lost to be revealed is of course Dixie. Bully asks the crowd who they want to go through a table prior to revealing the last one and they chant Dixie. He calls out any of them to the ring.

The call is answered by MVP. He says he does not respond well to threats He says he should reconsider and claims that no one is going through tables tonight. He says it would be no fun to take care of Bully on his own he is joined by King and Lashley. Spud and EC3 come from out of no where and 5 on 1 beat down commences. Spud by the way is in an ugly suit and wearing a neck brace from a Bully attack. They take one of table and are about to put Bully through it.

Eric Young, Aries and Wolves come down to save Bully Ray. Aries calls for a six man tag-team match. Spud didn’t make it out of the ring and he goes for the ride through the table barring his name from the top rope.

Show goes to break teasing a six man tag match between MVP, Lashley and King against I am not sure which three in the ring.

Aries and Wolves brawling with MVP and company so I guess we have our six man tag match. Fight makes its way to the ring with Aries and Lashley. Outside the ring Wolves have taken out MVP and Kenny King. While in the ring Aries getting it taken to him by Bobby Lashley.

Refs in TNA not really in control of things eventually the ring fills and Aries and the Wolves clear the ring and than Aries and I believe it was Edwards take dives to the outside to take out their 3 foes. Match continues as they go to break.

Match returns with Kenny King in some trouble and this finally looks like a tag-team match of sorts. King is being isolated but he gets out of it laying out Edwards and tags in MVP who goes for a pin with one finger which is not successful. Now Edwards is the one isolated and kicking out of several pin attempts by all of his 3 opponents.

Edwards rolls away from Kenny King and is able to get a tag to Aries. Now Aries is the one getting triple teamed and I am wondering if refs in TNA have heard of a 5 count? Richards has his ribs tapped up from a previous beating and he ends up in the ring and after a little offence takes a kick to the face and that is enough for the 3 count.

Match Result: Lashley, King and MVP your winners.

Backstage: Bram and Magnus in a locker room. Bram says he wants the old Magnus back and informs him he has a match. He doesn’t know who it is against and he doesn’t care. So off to break we go with Bram against someone when we return.

Show comes back and EC3 is backstage with Dixie and he explains what went on earlier blaming MVP and his partners for what went wrong. He informs her of what became of Rock Star Spud. Carter seems disinterested and claims she has business to take care of with MVP and want Ethan to be with her when it goes down.

Back to the ring with Bram taking on a wrestler that was not named but I did some research to learn it is Tigre Uno. I am not sure it will matter as this is Bram’s in ring debut and he is dominating. He hits him with a face smashing suplex. Bram was going do more damage but Magnus comes in and stops him from doing more damage.

He asks what’s wrong with Bram and points out he beat someone half his side and than suggests he should face someone his size. Just when you thought Magnus meant him he says Bram should face Willow.

Cut Backstage: Ken Anderson with Gunner, Anderson asked what Gunner is doing going to see Sam Shaw? Gunner says something along the lines of he understands him. Anderson wonders if he can count on Gunner as it would appear will be seeing them in tag action. It is time for another commercial.

We return backstage and Brittney asks Madison to tag with her against the Beautiful People. She refuses saying Brittney is not ready to take them on and makes here promise she is not going to get involved with them.

Bro Mans already in the ring and Anderson and Gunner provide the opposition. During the match we are told Dixie will be out next to address the crowd. Meanwhile back at the match Anderson and Gunner getting along fine and having their way with the former TNA Tag-Team Champions and make short work of them and get the win.

The Menagerie come out after the match to the confusion of the Bro Mans and Mr Ion. Bro Mans want not part of this crazy group and I don’t blame them. Crazy Steve has a bunch of balloons and is going nuts. The four members of menagerie surround the Bro Mans. The Freak got his hands on Ion and gave him a chock slam.

Dixie was shown getting ready to come to ring after the break.

Brittney goes to Gail Kim backstage and asks her to tag and she agrees only because it is against the Beautiful People.

It is Dixie Time now as she and Ethan Carter III hit the ring. She asks MVP to come to the ring. MVP with his pals in toe comes out to the ring. MVP says what is this all about; Dixie says we can do this the easy way or the Dixie way. She claims that MVP needs here. MVP shockingly disagrees and says that he has everything in hand. Dixie threatens to go to the board of directors. I wonder if they are the people that fire everyone. MVP claims to have lots of money at his disposal. Carter says his money is dirty and MVP counters with say her money is from her family.

Eric Young and Bully come out to break up this meeting. Young has a pipe in his hand and he claims that everyone wants to see them all go through table. MVP claims he hand picked Eric Young to win the title so he could take it from him. He asks if Bully is Eric’s dad. He has some other insults for him than makes a match with Young and Bully with Ethan Carter III as the ref. Bully says he will quit. Dixie than says so your from New York City and quitter. So 45 seconds or so later Bully says he isn’t a quitter. He re-states his claim that everyone in that ring at some point will go through a table.

Cut Backstage: Beautiful People asked about there match and they seem less than concerned and proclaim Beautiful is back.

Promos for upcoming TNA shows and a claim that do to demand they are having more shows in New York City. I tried not to laugh but failed.

Package on Kurt Angle and his injury and Kurt with a video shot from his home thanking fans for their support and he claims his recovery is coming along very slowly.

Beautiful People make their way to ring. It took while but finally something in this show to enjoy. Well for me at least. Cut to a scene from last week and what happened to Britney. Gail Kim and Britney enter and Britney is very happy to have Gail as her partner. Maybe too happy about it will see.

Beautiful People with a” Pink and Black” clearly rooting for Natalya tonight on the other show. Probably not but no surprise the Beautiful People isolate Brittney and have the advantage. Britney makes a comeback and Gail wants a tag but Britney claims to have things under control she does not.

This is an easy night at office for Gail Kim as she has still not tagged into the match. Just as I say it she finally gets in and starts dominating Velvet Sky. At this point Britney decides to blind tag herself into the match to the dismay of Kim. Love hits her finish and 1-2-3 and Britney blows it and your winners the Beautiful People.

Kim after the match not happy with her partner but only has words not actions.

Young and Bully backstage agree may the best man win. If Bully wins he claims he will become the number one contender. I don’t recall anyone else saying this. It is time for more ads for Bar Rescue coming up.

Britney still in ring after break and demands Madison comes to the ring. She wants to know why Madison would not tag with her. Madison says her issues with Beautiful People go back a long way. Britney says she doesn’t care and just wants to be with Madison. Madison is not exactly comfortable with this. She tells Britney to back off. Britney wants to know why Madison doesn’t like her. Beautiful People come out and claim that Madison is the real mean girl. Madison says she has a title re-match will use it to face Love next week for her title.

Cut backstage and MVP and his guys seem to come to an agreement with EC3 to work together and we go to break with main event up next by the looks of it.

So Christy is interrupted by Kenny King who has been made the “Special Ring Announcer” he attempts to be funny and fails. The Special Ref gets an intro after Young and Bully kind of odd but sure whatever at this point. A “Special Enforcer” on the outside is Bobby Lashley. You know what is coming next right? MVP is you Special Timer Keeper” so this should be special right?

Ethan Carter III is afraid to get in the ring and calls for the bell from the apron. Bully threatens him with chain and he drops to the floor. He finally gets into the ring and match is under way. Both guys wrestling a very good guy vs. good guy match. Bully take’s a drop kick outside and is attacked Young comes out to have his opponent’s back and we go to break with two returning to the ring.

Bully ends up on the outside as MVP tried to get in a cheap shot and Bully is in his face. Bully started to take advantage on Young and was about to do his “Dusty Elbow” Carter says know and gets kicked in the mush. MVP and crew hit the ring and attack both and from out of no where Samoa Joe makes his return to impact and saves Bully and Young and hit’s a Muscle Buster on Kenny King and the heels back off as Joe celebrates in the ring.

That is your show as they go off the air.

Josh who normally does this gives the show a rating. I am not normally doing this so I don’t feel comfortable with that. Based on what I have heard of TNA of late we saw more in ring action than from recent weeks so I guess that is a positive. Overall though I find a lot of what went on in this show and in TNA as fairly predictable stuff. Which isn’t always a bad thing but in their case it kind of is.

Hope you enjoyed me filling in for Josh and I did as well as he normally does guiding you through Impact. Good night for the North of Border here in Canada!

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2014/05/29/tna-impact-results-road-slammiversary-continues/feed/0Kurt Angle is Great But Could Have Been Greaterhttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2013/06/03/kurt-angle-is-great-but-could-have-been-greater/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2013/06/03/kurt-angle-is-great-but-could-have-been-greater/#commentsMon, 03 Jun 2013 21:26:52 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=1932On Sunday night at the TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view, Kurt Angle was introduced as the second inductee to the TNA Hall of Fame. There’s no doubt that Angle deserves the honor and is, quite honestly, one of the all-time greatest in-ring performers in the history of professional wrestling. But I couldn’t help thinking about something when ...

On Sunday night at the TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view, Kurt Angle was introduced as the second inductee to the TNA Hall of Fame. There’s no doubt that Angle deserves the honor and is, quite honestly, one of the all-time greatest in-ring performers in the history of professional wrestling.

But I couldn’t help thinking about something when it comes to his career: how much greater would it be if he never left the WWE?

While Angle signed with the WWE in October 1998, he didn’t make his official debut until November 14, 1999 when he defeated Shawn Stasiak at the Survivor Series PPV. He left the company on August 25, 2006 after working out his release. So, his time there was roughly 6 years and 9 months, filled with great memories of him having matches against the likes of Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Steve Austin and even Shane McMahon among many others.

Several weeks after his time with WWE, he signed on with TNA and made his debut on October 9, 2006 when he confronted Samoa Joe in the middle of the ring on Impact. So, Angle has now been with the company for 6 years and 8 months.

That’s right – Kurt Angle has almost been with TNA for as long as his entire career with WWE.

I still remember being in the Impact Zone at the No Surrender PPV back in 2006 when everyone was waiting for the big announcement TNA was going to make. This one was sealed up tight with only a handful of people in on what it would be. (I even knew someone who was in the know and tried every trick I knew all night long to get out of him but he wouldn’t budge.)

Right before the show went off the air, the video played showing that the former WWE World Champion had jumped ship, making him the biggest signing in TNA history at the time.

The building exploded. The online wrestling community went berserk.

TNA got a bonafide blue chipper even though he was already beaten and battered, going through the grind of the WWE for the past six years and was physically and emotionally beaten down.

Who cares because he was Kurt Angle, one of the biggest stars in all of wrestling at the time as he was leaving the big pond to make a splash in TNA.

How big has that splash been though? Sure, he’s been a big deal in TNA. He’s had plenty of very good matches in the company especially with AJ Styles.

But how many great matches can you point out at a moments notice? How many memorable moments had he truly has with TNA?

Of course, his debut was fantastic, confronting Samoa Joe and giving him a head butt right between the eyes.

And their match at the 2006 Lockdown PPV was incredible with them meshing an amazing mixture of wrestling and MMA moves in a match that some thought may bring about a stylistic change to wrestling.

In TNA, Angle has been very good but not overly memorable. And it’s not because he isn’t good because he has been. Part of that is because the company hasn’t blown up since his arrival or anyone else’s for that matter.

It seems like every week the company does the same rating as it always does or in the same ballpark. Some shows are fine, some are not but nothing that really sticks out in the long run.

And Angle has been caught up in this. He’s in TNA and they’re the #2 wrestling company. There’s nothing wrong with that – it’s just a fact.

But with WWE – the #1 wrestling company in the world – Angle was a big deal.

A really big deal.

He has classic matches like at WrestleMania 21 – a beautiful symphony of wrestling – of WrestleMania 19 where he and Brock Lesnar almost killed themselves in an incredible athletic display. And there’s others.

Most wrestling fans ever remember the funny Kurt Angle on television and his back and forth with Edge and Christian, Commissioner Mick Foley and even wearing a cowboy hat in conversations with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. And there are plenty more moments.

Moments that easily come to mind, all from his WWE days. Mind you, that was at the beginning and peak of his career (which came about very quickly) and was on wrestling biggest stage in the WWE. So, yes, there is an advantage there.

But with TNA, you don’t have that many specific moments that stand out involving Angle. Some of that is because it is TNA, a smaller stage than WWE. Some of that is because Angle – while still very good – has been past his prime and really beaten up. That’s fair. You can also make the argument that TNA hasn’t done a good enough job of creating those type of moments for Angle.

Which leads me back to the original question: what if Kurt Angle had never left the WWE? What if he was just given a break and allowed to freshen the batteries and continue to be a part of the machine?

Like I said, no one disputes how good, even great, Angle has been during his career. But he would be even greater if he had never left WWE. There would be more discussion of him being one of the greatest of all-time, a sure-fire WWE Hall of Famer.

He would be on a different level, one of the elite in the pantheon of wrestling greats.

]]>http://www.betweentheropes.com/2013/06/03/kurt-angle-is-great-but-could-have-been-greater/feed/7TNA Slammiversary Predictions and Previewshttp://www.betweentheropes.com/2013/06/01/tna-slammiversary-predictions-and-previews/
http://www.betweentheropes.com/2013/06/01/tna-slammiversary-predictions-and-previews/#respondSun, 02 Jun 2013 02:27:51 +0000http://www.betweentheropes.com/?p=1915TNA Wrestling returns to Pay-Per-View tomorrow night with their third of four events this year Slammiversary emanating from the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University. The main event features TNA World Heavyweight Champion and Aces & Eights president Bully Ray defending the title against the Hall of Famer Sting in a match where ...

TNA Wrestling returns to Pay-Per-View tomorrow night with their third of four events this year Slammiversary emanating from the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University. The main event features TNA World Heavyweight Champion and Aces & Eights president Bully Ray defending the title against the Hall of Famer Sting in a match where Sting will never be allowed to wrestle for the title ever again if he loses. Featured on the undercard are TNA Television Champion and Aces and Eights Sgt.-at-Arms Devon defending his title against Joesph Park, a four-way elimination tag team match for the TNA Tag Team Championships as well as the return of the Ultimate X match to determine the TNA X Division Champion. Full match predictions below.

No Holds Barred Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Bully Ray (c) vs. StingPrediction: Bully Ray retains, his reign is still fairly new and at this venture it would speak more to Bully’s legitimacy as champion to take the Hall of Famer out.

TNA Television Championship
Devon (c) vs. Joesph ParkPrediction: Joesph Park in an upset followed by an Abyss cameo. I will firmly admit that this is a total shot in the dark and I wouldn’t be surprised if Devon retained but it would be an interesting turn of events if Abyss’s alter ego won.

Triple Threat Ultimate X Match for the TNA X Division Championship
Kenny King (c) vs. Suicide vs. Chris SabinPrediction: King retains. The one thing that is certain is that this will probably end up being one of the highlights of the night with the current X Division champion facing a challenge from two former champions.

Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez (c) vs. Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian) vs. Bobby Roode & Austin Aries vs. Gunner & James Storm.Prediction: Guerrero & Hernandez retain with the possibility of the new pairing of Gunner and James Storm pulling off an upset but if I have to make a hard prediction I’d go with the champs.